Improvement in folding chairs



S. A. SKINNER.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Patented July 18,' 1876" UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE] SMITH A. sKrNNEa, or HoosioK FALLS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING CHAIRS,

Specitcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,073, dated uly 18, 1876; application filed 1 Aprill7, 1876.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SMITH A. SKINNER, of

-Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer county,in the State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Camp-Stools, of which the following is a full and exact description:

lhe object of my invention is to produce a camp-stool satisfactory as a seat and easily folded, and at the same time convenient for transportation.

In this invention I have adopted as a basis the common Grecian or folding' stool, the legs whereof are in parallel pairs crossed and piyoted together midway of their length; and

my invention consists in astandard, thelower end of which is secured to the lower hack- I'ound of one pair of legs, and loosely passed.

-vention, I will particularlydescribeit, having reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a perspective of my camp-stool open. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same folded.

A B are the two pairs of. parallel, legs crossed and pivoted .together at their intersection. a a. and b b are the rounds of each pair of' legs. C is the coverof canvas or other suitable material secured firmly to therounds a and I) respectively.

'Ihismuch -refers to a campstool as com lnonly made.

A staple or loop, d, of any suitable material, is secured to the rear side ofthe round 'a' for the staf'E to pass through. Said staf' E is secured at its lowerend to the round b', either by a band passing` loosely over said round, or by being rigidly seated in a socket made therein. In the former case the round is fixed in its legs; in the latter case it Will be free to turn as the legs A B are folded or expanded. Therefore the loop c slides up or down, as the case may be, on the staff E.

It is well known that a camp-stool is somewhat inconvenient to transport by hand, on account of'the constant tendency to escape and unfold,.and I therefore employ a latch, c, or some other equivalent device capable ot' holding the loop d in placeon the staff E. This latch may be a simple spring-wireimmov-ably fixed to said staf' at one end, and free to yield at the other as the loop d passes over it, springing out in place again when said loop has passed, andarresting its return. When the stool hasbeen-folded said latch retains it in that position until forcibly released, so that the transportation of it is relieved of Iall inconvenience except that which is inseparable from its mere weight. tends upward above the latch sufficiently far to form a comfortable rest for the back while sitting upon it, and a convenient gripe for the hand either while carrying it or leaning upon it. For this purpose thev upper end of said staff may be finished iu any desirable-way, but I prefer to separate it longitudinally in two parts and insert a cross piece,'g, as shown, which not only makes a wider and more comfortable back-rest, but also a convenient loop, through which the arm in ay be inserted in carrying the stool. The sta E may be made in the form of a hair-pin or oxbow with its ends passing through tivo separate loops in the upper round. c', and secured, as above described, to the lower round b.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- A folding stool, provided with a loop, cl, or the back round ot the seat combined with a staff, E, passing through said loops and se- -cured to the round b and a holding-latch,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

SMITH A.. SKINNER. Witnesses S. D. LocKE, A. G. EDDY.`

The staff E ex- 

